# fred
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus, in the Appendix Probi; compare Occitan fred/freid/freg, French froid, Italian freddo, Spanish frío), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈfɾɛt]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈfɾət]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfɾet]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

fred (feminine freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredes)
* cold, cool
    Antonym: calent

### Noun

fred m or f (plural freds)
* cold
    Antonym: calor
    tinc fred ― I'm cold

#### Usage notes

* The feminine form of the noun is dialectal (Central, Nord) and most likely derived from Spanish.

#### Derived terms

* calfred
* fredament
* fredejar
* fredolic
* fredor
* fredós
* guerra freda
* refredar

### Further reading

* “fred” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fred”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fred” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fred” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Danish frith, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz, cognate with Swedish fred, frid, German Frieden, Dutch vrede.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /freð/, [ˈfʁ̥æð]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

fred c (singular definite freden, not used in plural form)
* peace

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /freːˀð/, [ˈfʁ̥æˀð], [ˈfʁ̥æðˀ]

#### Verb

fred
* imperative of frede

##### Derived terms

* arbejdsfred
* borgfred
* frede
* fredelig
* fredfyldt
* fredhellig
* fredløs
* fredsaktivist
* fredsbestræbelser
* fredsbevarende
* fredsforhandling
* fredsforsker
* fredsforstyrrer
* fredskonference
* fredsmarch
* fredsplan
* fredspolitik
* fredsvalg
* fredsvilje
* gravfred
* husfred
* julefred
* sjælefred
* ufred
* verdensfred

### References

* “fred” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /freːd/

### Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)
* peace

#### Derived terms

* fred og ro
* fredfull
* fredsavtale
* fredsbevarende
* fredsmarsj

#### Related terms

* fredelig

### References

* “fred” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /freː/, /freːd/

### Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)
* peace

#### Derived terms

* fredfull
* fred og ro
* fredsavtale
* fredsmarsj

### References

* “fred” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* fraid (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
* freid (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

### Adjective

fred m (feminine singular freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredas)
* (Sutsilvan) cold

#### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) frestg
* (Puter) fras-ch
* (Vallader) frais-ch

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (cf. German Low German: Freed, Freden, as another possible influence).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /freːd/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːd

### Noun

fred c
* peace
* a peace treaty
    freden i Versailles ― the treaty of Versailles

#### Usage notes

Fred is peace as opposite of war or similar concrete conflicts. For peace as opposite to chaos, disturbance or anxiety the word frid is used.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | fred | freds |
| singular | definite | freden | fredens |
| plural | indefinite | freder | freders |
| plural | definite | frederna | fredernas |

#### Derived terms

* arbetsfred
* freda
* fredlig
* fredlös
* fredlöshet
* fredning
* fredsaktivist
* fredsam
* fredsanbud
* fredsansträngning
* fredsapostel
* fredsappell
* fredsarbete
* fredsavtal
* fredsbevarande
* fredsbudskap
* fredsdemonstration
* fredsdomare
* fredsduva
* fredsengagemang
* fredsforskare
* fredsforskning
* fredsfot
* fredsfråga
* fredsfrämjande
* fredsförband
* fredsfördrag
* fredsförening
* fredsförhandlare
* fredsförhandling
* fredsförslag
* fredsinitiativ
* fredsinsats
* fredsinvit
* fredskalla
* fredskonferens
* fredskongress
* fredskrafter
* fredskår
* fredskårist
* fredskärlek
* fredsmarsch
* fredsmäklare
* fredsmöte
* fredsoffensiv
* fredsoperation
* fredsorganisation
* fredspipa
* fredsplan
* fredsplikt
* fredspolitik
* fredspolitiker
* fredspolitisk
* fredspris
* fredspristagare
* fredsprocess
* fredsrörelse
* fredssamtal
* fredsskapande
* fredsslut
* fredsstiftare
* fredssträvande
* fredsstyrka
* fredstid
* fredstida
* fredstillstånd
* fredstraktat
* fredstrevare
* fredsuppgörelse
* fredsvilja
* fredsvillkor
* fredsvän
* fredsvänlig
* fredsälskande
* fredsöverenskommelse

### References

* fred in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* dref

## Volapük
### Noun

fred (nominative plural freds)
* joy
** 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 21:O fred kion!Oh, what joy!

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* fredik